Category: Literature

  • Jane Eyre

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    This girl is the narrator and the main hero of the novel. You know, she’s from that kind of girls who had a terrible destiny. Judge by yourselves: she is beautiful, intelligent, loyal, incredibly kind, smart, hard-working and not an egoist at all! But at the same time she was born to come across he…

  • The Bean Trees Study Guide

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    The Bean Trees Study Guide Author: Barbara Kingsolver Original title: The Bean Trees Barbara Kingsolver is an American writer and poet. Her first novel “The Bean Trees” was published in 1988. The book denotes multiple symbolic meanings about shared motherhood, life and death, and beauty. The narrator Taylor Greer, who is also the main character…

  • Where the Red Fern Grows Study Guide

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    Where the Red Fern Grows Study Guide Author: Wilson Rawls Original title: Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls wrote “Where the Red Fern Grows” in 1961. Wilson wasn’t a typical representative of the writing class: as a young boy he didn’t receive a good education, started reading only in high school and had poor…

  • War and Peace Essays

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    The Parallel Lives of Milton’s Eve and Tolstoy’s Natasha Rostov Introduction and Overview Women are not passive creatures of gods and men. The seduction of Eve and Natasha Rostov is not happenstance of fate. Even amidst the backdrop of historical change such as war or within the biblical scope of the Fall, they are the…

  • East of Eden Summary

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    The initial portion of the plot focuses respectively on the families of the foremost major characters before they end up interacting with each other. The story begins in Salinas Valley, California and is recounted by the narrator who proclaims himself a relative of the Hamilton family. His Irish ancestor, Samuel Hamilton, settled in Salinas Valley…

  • Leopold Bloom

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     Leopold Bloom is one of three main characters of the text. The wanderings of the new Odyssey, Leopold Bloom, a small advertising agent of thirty-eight years, Jewish by nationality, begin at the same time as the Steven-Telemah’s wanderings-at eight in the morning on June 16, 1904. He begins the day with the fact that he is preparing breakfast…

  • The Raven Summary

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    “The Raven” is one of the most famous and cited poems written by Edgar Allan Poe. Everyone instantly recognizes the image of a grim raven saying “Nevermore” that became one of the symbol of despair and darkness. The poem was published for the first time on January 29, 1845 in the “Evening mirror”. The work…

  • Lee Strunk

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    Lee Strunk is another soldier in the platoon and a minor character. A struggle with Dave Jensen over a jackknife results in Strunk’s broken nose. In begging Jensen to forget their pact—that if either man is gravely injured, the other will kill him swiftly—after he is injured, he illustrates how the fantasy of war differs from its reality.…

  • Les Misérables Study Guide

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    Les Misérables Study Guide Author: Victor Hugo Original title: Les Misérables Characters: Jean Valjean, Bishop Myriel, Marius Pontmercy, Cosette , Fantine , Thénardier (Jondrette), Eponine , Javert , M. Gillenormand, Magnon , Georges Pontmercy “Les Miserables” is an epic novel of a French writer Victor Hugo, published in 1862. There are many reasons why it…

  • Paul Rayley

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    Paul Rayley is a young man. He is the family friend, who visits Ramsay family on the Skye Island at their summer home. This character is very empathetic and flexible. He is a static hero, and his personality does not change much throughout the whole plotline. Mrs. Ramsay insists on his proposal to Minta Doyle.…